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title: hopelessness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hopelessness» in the school dictionary: A feeling that nothing good will happen and that there is no point in trying. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hopelessness

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**Who acts:** nothing, point, success, feeling, story, charity · **What happens:** happen, be, try, chance, come, lose · **To what, where:** feeling, point, lost climbers, hopelessness, families, friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«hopelessness» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [hopelessness in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hopelessness.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A feeling that nothing good will happen and that there is no point in trying.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:m1:1
# text = A feeling that nothing good will happen and that there is no point in trying.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | future | nothing | a feeling and no point *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | no point |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** | gerund | no point *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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The state of being completely without hope or chance of success.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:m2:1
# text = The state of being completely without hope or chance of success.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of hope or chance of success; completely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chance** |  | success |  |  |  |  |  | nom chance «state intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A feeling of hopelessness came over the lost climbers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:x1:1
# text = A feeling of hopelessness came over the lost climbers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hopelessness	hopelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	climbers	climber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a feeling of hopelessness |  |  | the lost climbers |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over climber=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The story moves from hopelessness to joy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:x2:1
# text = The story moves from hopelessness to joy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hopelessness	hopelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | the story |  |  | hopelessness |  | to joy | vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from hopelessness=Initial\_Location to joy=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The charity helps families out of hopelessness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:x3:1
# text = The charity helps families out of hopelessness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hopelessness	hopelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | the charity | families |  | hopelessness |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Beneficiary |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Talking to a friend helped her overcome her hopelessness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:x4:1
# text = Talking to a friend helped her overcome her hopelessness.
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	overcome	overcome	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hopelessness	hopelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to a friend | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to friend=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **help** | past | Talking |  | friend |  |  | overcome friend's hopelessness | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The hopelessness of the situation made them cry, but then help arrived.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:x5:1
# text = The hopelessness of the situation made them cry, but then help arrived.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hopelessness	hopelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the hopelessness of the situation | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **help** | infinitive | the hopelessness of the situation *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **arrive** | past | the hopelessness of the situation *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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If you feel hopelessness for a long time, tell a grown-up you trust.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hopelessness:x6:1
# text = If you feel hopelessness for a long time, tell a grown-up you trust.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
4	hopelessness	hopelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | hopelessness |  |  | time |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hopelessness=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a grown up |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
| 3 | **trust** | present | you | a grown up *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Theme |

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